[Endorsements on cover fold:] Richmond 5^th Dec^r F.L. Claiborne rec^d. 12^th Ans.^d same day [Address:] W^m. Simmons Esquire Accountant [undecipherable] Richmond Barracks Dec.^r 5^th 1797 Sir, Inclosed are duplicate receipts signed by my serv[an]ts amounting to fifty [undecipherable] on account — My letter covering my Muster and Pay Rolls, I hope ere this you have received, as my men are truly anxious to receive their pay — I neglected to remark against John Millerd's name in the [Muster?] rolls, that he joined from [undecipherable] Company first Regiment — he left Detroit with us, & to my knowledge [he] is on him, from the 1^st day of [undecipherable] listed — You will oblige me by making the necessary [undecipherable] in the roll — Will you be please, to send me a blank receipt roll on with the pay, as I do not well [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] the form — I have the Honour to be with great respect your most ob.^t Serv.^t Ferdinand L. Claiborne Lieu^t. 1^st U.S. Reg.^t [Address:] William Simmons Esquire